Industrial Communication Systems

PROFINET 40-11

40.4 Engineering and Commissioning

e PROFINET support to the system engineering is very powerful in order to reduce the commission-

ing

phase

of

the

network.

For

instance,

the

PROFINET

functionalities

of

a

certied

device

are

described

in

a

portable

le

(the

GSD

le),

and

network

management

(addressing,

redundancy,

etc.)

are

included

in

the pro

tocol

sta

ck.

40.4.1 GSD File

e functionality of a PROFINET IO device is always described in a GSD le. is le contains all data

that

are

relevant

for

engineering

as

well

as

for

data

exchange

with

the

IO

device.

PROFINET

IO

devices

can

be

described

using

XML-based

GSD.

e

description